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Some critics of the Israel invasion have called for the Jewisstate to be banned from the international soccer governing body, FIFA.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on escalation of blue line tensions between Israel and Hezbollah on the border of Lebanon.
Former schoolteacher Zarghona Hamidi is teaching young Afghan refugee women in Peshawar, Pakistan, how to make fashion jewelry so they can support their families.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the United Nations estimates that up to 6.5 million Ukrainians fled their homeland.VOA’s Kane Farabaugh explores the story of one Ukrainian teenager seeking safety in music in Chicago.
Stéphane Duguin, Chief Executive Officer of CyberPeace Institute speaks at the United Nations Security Council meeting on addressing evolving threats.
Aid groups say that they are not getting nearly as much funds as they need to address the crises they are facing in Sudan, Somalia, the Sahel, and other regions. The director of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said earlier this month that “the utter neglect of displaced people has become the new normal.”
Taher M. El-Sonni, Permanent Representative of the State of Libya to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya.
The war in Ukraine promises to have a lasting impact in the role of women in the workplace. Lesia Bakalets travelled to the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine to interview female trainees for the tractor driving training,a job that until recently was the exclusive realm of men.
In the US LGBTQ+ Community, Immigrant Couple Finds Acceptance, June is LGBTQ Pride Month. Among the largest LGBTQ events in the world take place in Los Angeles, where there is a festival and parade.
Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.